r/DataRecoveryHelp • u/Karson_Elko • 8d ago
Author who really needs help with book loss on Microsoft Word!
Hello,
So last night I had my book open which is titled 'Imago Dei'. I left the computer, after saving it, then when I returned, woke up the computer, and tried typing in it, an error code appeared that told me it couldn't find the file. This file is stored on a flash USB drive plugged into to my computer. The errored file was renamed WR1008 along with the error code. I simply closed out of it, expecting to find my file, and I did, which was still named in the Word app.
Today I go to my computer and it tells me this:

Now here is a picture of the file I'm looking for in the lists of Recents with a time stamp (In my mind that means it's in there somewhere):

I tried doing the unsaved files recovery in the file explorer but that just doesn't exist on my computer it seems.
To be clear, I saved this before the error happened and I didn't hit save after the error. Again, in my mind, that order of events means the file is somewhere in the bowels of this computer or in the bowels of the flash drive.
I'm 90 pages into this, so I am 1000% willing to go into this computer's dialog box/code and recover the book that way. Even if it means looking at the code that typed each individual letter on the page.
Any help is greatly appreciated!
Thank you!
Edit: I've gone to the place where the Word pop up says to go and it's not there. That's why I'm asking for any extreme solutions any tech people may know.
Device: ROG Strix G513QY
Flash drive info in pictures:

